Atomic Galaxy: Solar System XV
Planet 99: Space Cats
"Betty!" Betty's mother called in that particular tone of voice that hinted the topic of conversation would be Sir Purrsefus.
"What is it mom?" Betty was already anticipating what her mother would ask. She thought she would ask her to do something for her so called little brother but she was pleasantly surprised to find out this time she didn't have to get involved.
"I'm going to take Purrsey to a new and exclusive luxury cat spa that recently opened. It's a three hour drive so I'll be gone for a while. Take care of the house for me!" Her mother was ready to leave with Purrsey in her arms. Betty heard of that spa from Penelope who was taking to her friends loudly enough for everyone else to hear, telling them about how her cats went to the spa on the day it opened. "There's food in kitchen in case I don't get back in time for lunch, bye Betty. Say good bye to your little brother!"
"Bye mom, bye Purrsey," Betty spoke her last goodbye to the cat with a hint of sarcasm present enough to satisfy her, yet hidden enough so that her mother didn't catch it. "Great, another Saturday all alone, not that mom did much except talk about Purrsey and attempt to experiment on my hair." Betty sat on the couch and thought about her options. She didn't even want to think about what her mother left for lunch. It had to be either cat food or barely edible old leftovers.
She could try to locate one of her Earth friends so they could go somewhere together, but they all had their plans. It was the consequences of constantly leaving them waiting. They started to assume she wasn't coming and stopped inviting her. She sighed and turned on the TV, changing the channels a few times before giving up and turning it back off again.
She lay on the couch staring at the ceiling for a moment. "I could go up there," she smiled at the thought. Sparky and X-5 were always willing to spend some time with her and she had fun. As if on cue, her bracelet chimed. "Atomic Betty reporting for duty!"
"Atomic Betty, I need to send you on a special mission," Admiral Degill informed. "This is an emergency. Maximus IQ recently stole a very powerful satellite laser weapon capable of destroying planets from a very large distance. That makes it extremely hard to know what planet will be attacked and gives us very little time to stop him or get the population to a safe place if he uses it. The weapon must be recovered and dismantled immediately."
As Admiral Degill explained, rain began to fall outside and two cats entered Betty's house by an open window. There was a male cat that was orange with black stripes and green eyes. The color of his fur had earned him the name 'Tiger'. Tiger was one of Purrsey's friends and the leader of a band of alley cats called the Lunar Felines. The Lunar Felines were very respected among the cats, both alley cats and house cats. He was chasing after a golden yellow female cat with blue eyes named Goldia. 'Goldia wait, you know I'm telling the truth!'
Goldia was a house cat that sometimes ran off to go on a few adventures with the Lunar Felines. That was one of the few alley cat gangs Purrsey associated with, but only because of their power and respect in the feline world. His only real friend from the gang was Tiger. Goldia ignored him and continued walking across the living room. 'Let's see what Purrsey has to say about it.'
'Purrsey's not here, that's why I had to give Princess his message," Tiger tried to explain. Purrsey was supposed to meet Princess, one of Penelope's cats whom he was dating that day. But his mother, who was actually Betty's mother, told him only an hour ago that they were going to the spa. So Purrsey asked his friend Tiger to give Princess a message explaining why he couldn't go visit her that day. Tiger gave Princess the message with all the nice things Purrsey said about her, but when Goldia overheard she thought Tiger was the one saying those things to Princess.
